Mental & Emotional Health Depressed Women Have an Over-Active Glutamate Receptor Gene By Jane Farrell article Numerous genes that regulate the activity of a neurotransmitter in the brain have been found to be abundant in brain … Read More→
_ Women's Health and Wellness White Menopausal Women Have Lower Risk of Dying from Heart Attack Than Men or Black Women Do By article While menopause is commonly considered a risk factor for heart disease, menopausal women had a lower risk of dying from … Read More→
Healthy Diet & Nutrition Peanuts & Nuts May Protect Against Major Causes of Death By article A paper published on June 11th 2015 in the International Journal of Epidemiology confirms a link between peanut and nut … Read More→
_ Stroke Most Women Don't Know Stroke Symptoms By article According to a national survey by The Ohio State University, most women donΓÇÖt know their risk factors for stroke, or … Read More→
_ Cancer Center Cancer Deaths Are On The Decline By article According to a new report from the American Cancer Society, the death rate from cancer has fallen 22 percent since … Read More→
The World is Waking Up to MenΓÇÖs Health: Good News for Men, Women, and Children By blog IΓÇÖve been working in the field of menΓÇÖs health for more than 40 years. For much of that time, IΓÇÖve felt like a lone wolf calling out in the darkness for people to recognize that males live sicker and die sooner than females. We suffer from illnesses like addictions, depression, and Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at rates much higher than females. But over the years the balance has been shifting and now the world is waking up to the problems of menΓÇÖs health and are ready to address solutions that are good for us all.
_ Cholesterol Drug Good for Diabetic WomenΓÇÖs Hearts By Sondra Forsyth article The cholesterol-lowering drug fenofibrate cuts cardiovascular disease risks by 30 per cent in women with type-2 diabetes, according to a study done at th University of Sydney in Australia and published in August 2014 in Diabetologia. A release from the university quotes study chairman Professor Tony Keech as saying, "The finding is good news for women. The study shows that fenofibrate reduced the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, or having a stroke or other adverse cardiovascular event by 30 per cent in women and 13 per cent in men."
Aging Well Resilient Older Women Show Compassion By Sondra Forsyth article If you’re 50+ and you’ve recently been through a tough time but you’ve bounced back, chances are you would score high on a compassion test given by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The study, published in the April 2014 issue of the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, reported that resilient older women who have suffered a recent major loss are more likely to be compassionate toward those they don’t even know than are other older adults.
_ Many Women Don't Know Stroke Symptoms By Jane Farrell article Although stroke affects millions of American women, many in that group are unaware of the warning signs, according to research conducted by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
_ Pain Management Women Report More Pain After Knee Replacement By article Women between the ages of 45 and 65 with rheumatoid arthritis or arthritis resulting from an injury are among the patients most likely to experience serious pain following a knee replacement, according to researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
_ Cancer Stats 2014: Fewer Deaths By article The annual cancer statistics report from the American Cancer Society show that the cancer death rate has been continuously declining for two decades, from a peak of 215.1 per 100,000 in 1991 to 171.8 per 100,000 in 2010. This 20 percent decline translates to the avoidance of approximately 1,340,400 cancer deaths, 952,700 among men and 387,700 among women, during this time period.
What Every Man, and Women Who Love Them, Should Know About Suicide By blog Most of us don’t want to think about suicide, but it is part of the human condition. When people reach such a point of despair that they attempt to take their own lives, everyone they know is impacted, including family, friends, and colleagues. I know. I am still living with the effect of my father’s attempted suicide when I was 5 years old.
_ Taking Good Care of Myself By Jane Farrell blog Button up your overcoat when the wind is free, take good care of yourself, you belong to me!┬á I remember […]
_ Health Headlines Pre-Birth Surgery Treats Potential Heart Condition By Jane Farrell article For the first time, researchers performed a successful in-utero surgery to repair a potentially deadly developmental condition by treating an … Read More→
_ Breast cancer Depression And Breast-Cancer Survival By Jane Farrell article In a recent study, having depression before or after a breast cancer diagnosis was associated with a lower likelihood of … Read More→
_ Health Headlines Heart Disease: Baby's Early Risk By Jane Farrell article Preventing heart disease starts much earlier than you may realize, according to a new American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement … Read More→
_ Pregnancy Racial Disparities and Childbirth By Jane Farrell article Black women of childbearing age were twice as likely to have uncontrolled high blood pressure when compared with their white … Read More→
_ Health Headlines Heart Health Begins Before Birth By Jane Farrell article Preventing heart disease starts much earlier than you may realize, according to a new American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement … Read More→